Total Film Magazine Cover

The masthead is in big bold writing, taking up a whole line on the front cover which makes it clear to the audience what magazine they are reading.  The points of some of the letters are pointy which backs into the background as there is danger of fire.

The dateline is positioned under the m’ of the magazine title. It has the date of the magazine, the issue number but also a website where you can look at the magazine online. This is helpful as people may not want to buy paper copies that they are going to throw away but they would rather just have a look at it online and save their money.

 

For the main image, there is a single shot of the hunger games actress, Jennifer Lawrence. It is used in a direct way and so she is positioned to be looking right at the reader. Behind her is a big flame of bright orange fire to tie in what film she is promoting which would be part of ‘The Hunger Games’.

There are a few cover lines included in the magazine cover which have been distributed around the page to make more of an impact for the reader. The colours for the text in the cover lines are yellow and so they reflect on the background of the main image without distracting the reader from the main story.

The bar code is positioned at the bottom right of the magazine which is very common for most magazines. Although this is a standard barcode that many magazines include, it has its own logo positioned to the left of the barcode.